Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

A communi observantia non est recedendum

There should be no departure from common observance (or usage).

A non posse ad non esse sequitur argumentum necessarie negative, licet non affirmative.

From impossibility to nonexistence the inference follows necessarily in the negative, though not in the affirmative.

A verbis legis non est recedendum

From the words of the law there is to be no departure.

Accelerated Cost Recovery System

An accounting method that is used to calculate as,,l depreciation and that allows for the faster re covery of costs by assigning the asset a shoru-r useful life than was previously permitted under the Internal Revenue Code. 0 This system iq; -plies to property put into service from 1981 t c 1986. It was replaced in 1986 by the Modifu~<i Accelerated Cost Recovery System. - Abbr. ACRS.

Acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta

Outward acts indicate the thoughts hidden within.

Actus inceptus cujus perfectio pendet ex voluntate partium revocari potest; si autem pendet ex voluntate tertiae personae, velex contingenti, revocari non potest

An act already begun whose completion depends upon the will of the parties may be recalled; but if it depends on consent of a third person or on a contingency, it cannot be recalled.

Actus legitimi non recipiunt modum

Acts required by law admit of no qualification.

Ad offxcium justiciariorum spectat unicuique coram eis placitanti justitiam exhibere

It is the duty of justices to administer justice to everyone pleading before them.

Ad proximum antecedens fiat relatio, nisi impediatur sentential

A relative is to be referred to the nearest antecedent, unless prevented by the sense.

Ad recte docendum oportet primum inquirere nomina, quia rerum cognitio a nominibus rerum dependet

In order rightly to comprehend a thing, it is necessary first to inquire into the names, for a right knowledge of things depends upon their names.

Adjuvari quippe nos, non decipi, beneficio oportet

Surely we ought to be helped by a benefit, not be entrapped by it.

Aequitas est correctio legis generaliter latae qua parte deficit

Equity is the correction of some part of the law where by reason of its generality it is defective.

Affectio tua nomen imponit operi tuo

Your motive gives a name to your act.

Affectus punitur licet non sequatur effectus

The intention is punished even if the object is not achieved.

Agentes et consentientes pari poena plectentur

Acting and consenting parties will be liable to the same punishment.

Anniculus trecentesimo sexagesimo-quinto die dicitur, incipiente plane non exacto die, quia annum civiliter non ad momenta temporum sed ad dies numeramur

We call a child a year old on the 365th day, when the day is clearly begun but not ended, because we calculate the civil year not by moments, but by days.

Annua nec debitum judex non separat ipse.

Even the judge apportions neither annuities nor debt.

Architectural review

see design review.

Architectural work

copyright. The design of a building, as embodied in any tangible medium of expression, including plans and drawings (which are protected as pictorial or graphic works) or the building itself (which is protected, if built after december 1, 1990, under the berne convention).

Argumentum ad verecundiam

[latin] an argument appealing to the listener's modesty; an argument based on the opinions of people who are considered authorities.

Arrest in execution

see arrest on final process under arrest.

Arrest in execution.

See arrest on final process.

Arrest record

1. A form completed by a police officer when a person is arrested. 2. A cumulative list of the instances when a person has been arrested. - also termed police blotter; bench blotter; blotter

Arrestando ipsum qui pecuniam receipt

see de arrestando ipsum qui pecuniam recepit.

Assecurare

vb. [law latin] hist. To make secure, as by pledges.

Assecuration

marine insurance. Insurance.

Assecurator

marine insurance. An insurer.

Assessable security

see security.

Asset-backed security

see security.

Asset-depreciation range

the irs's range of depreciation lifetimes allowed for assets placed in service between 1970 and 1980 and for assets depreciated under the modified accelerated cost recovery system under the tax reform act of 1986. - abbr. Adr. See accelerated cost recovery system

Assisa de morte antecessoris

see assize of mort d'ancestor under assize (s)

Attachment. 1. The seizing of a person's property to secure a judgment or to be sold in satisfaction of a judgment. - also termed (in civil law) provisional seizure. Cf. Garnishment; sequestration (1)

Attorney of record.

the lawyer who appears for a party in a lawsuit and who is entitled to receive, on the party's behalf, all pleadings and other formal documents from the court and from other parties. - also termed counsel of record. See of record (1).

Authoritative precedent

see binding prece dent under precedent.

Automatic perfection

see perfection.

BCD special court-martial

A special court-martial in which a possible punishment is a bad-conduct discharge (a "BCD").

Bad check

see check.

Bail piece

hist. A document recording the nature of the bail granted to a defendant in a civil action. ( the bail piece was filed with the court and usu. Signed by the defendant's sureties. See bail (2); recognizance.

Balanced economy

see economy.

Bank secrecy act of 1970

a federal law requiring banks to maintain records of all transactions with depositors and to report to the u.s. treasury all deposits of more than $10,000.

Baratriam committit qui propter pecuniam justitiam baractat

A person is guilty of barratry who sells justice for money.

Bearer security.

see security.

Beneficial holder of securities

a holder of equitable title to corporate stock. ( the stock is not registered under the holder's name in the corporation's records.

Beneficio primo ecclesiastico habendo

[latin "to have the first ecclesiastical benefice"] hist. A writ from the king to the lord chancellor ordering the appointment of a named person to the first vacant benefice.

Boni judicis est judicium sine dilatione mandare executioni

It is the role of a good judge to render judgment for execution without delay.

Bonum defendentis ex integra causa; malum ex quolibet defectu

A good outcome for the defendant comes from a sound case; a bad outcome from some defect

Bonum necessarium extra terminos necessitates non est bonum

A thing good from necessity is not good beyond the limits of the necessity.

Bonus judex secundum aequum et bonum judicat, et aequitatem stricto juri praefert

A good judge decides according to fairness and the good and prefers equity to strict law.

Breve judiciale non cadit pro defectu formae

A judicial writ does not fail for a defect of form.

British subject

The status conferred on a citizen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth countries such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India by the British Nationality Act 1981. 0 Although this is the current sense, the phrase British subject has had many different meanings over the years, under different statutes. broad-form insurance See INSURANCE.